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primacy

prahy muh see

  • n  the state of being first in importance

  • Others point out an obvious primacy.
  • While the move maintains the primacy of Olmert's Kadima party, some questioned how a Prime Minister already under fire for his management of the Hizballah war could hand Lieberman .
  • Churches that don't accept papal primacy are, he says, in "imperfect communion" with the church, and are "not Churches in the proper sense.
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  • Benjamin Netanyahu in New York Times
    The senator and I agreed that the primacy of preventing Iran from becoming a nuclear power is clear, and this should guide our mutual policies,Mr. Netanyahu said in a statement.
  • Manmohan Singh in Times of India
    We have much greater risk of deflation than inflation. We must, therefore, give primacy to recovery, while also taking steps to deal with sovereign debt,he said.
  • Barack Obama in Christian Science Monitor
    At no time in human history has a nation of diminished economic vitality maintained its military and political primacy,Mr. Obama told the 1,311 graduates and their families assembled in the US Military Academy's Michie Stadium.

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